Fans and alumni can now submit nominations for the Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame. All submissions are due by Friday, March 31. The class will be announced this spring and enshrined during a home football weekend. We have talked before about how some of our legends have not been inducted yet. So NOW is YOUR OPPORTUNITY to make that happen!

The nomination form can be found (HERE) or requested by emailing Associate A.D. for Strategic Communications Kane McGuire at kmcguire@latech.edu.

https://lincolnparishjournal.com/2023/03/08/tech-athletics-accepting-hall-of-fame-nominations/

When do visits start happening for football again?

8 PM on Wednesday night:

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Roberson Jr is a transfer S from SMU.

He told me he’s had some really good conversations with Paul Turner over the last week.

He’ll find out tomorrow if Tech has a graduate program that he can be accepted into.

It sounds like Tech is his favorite. He told me he’s really hoping to enroll in March.

He’s played 473 snaps in his career on defense. 209 snaps on special teams. I’d imagine him & Griffin-Taylor would be safety 2 & 3 this fall if Tech can get him.

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@cwardell03 w/ the coverage:

Josh Taylor:

- We had a big win against a Central Arkansas team who just beat Arkansas.

- The story is pitching this weekend. I am excited about where we’re at especially pitching wise. 4 shutouts was very good, scored enough runs.

- We get to play the favorite (North Texas) right out of the gate in conference play.

- We love playing at home, we have a good fanbase, and our players really like being at home.

- Our offense has been too hit and miss, left too many players on bases this season. We can’t continue this trend if we want to make a run.

- We try to do too much in those situations w/ runners on, and struggle with finding time. We have to understand what balls we can drive and what balls we can’t. I think it’s more just being more aggressive on time. We have to be more disciplined in our approach.

- I like where we’re at. We had opportunities to win every game that we haven’t won. When you look at where we’re at on the defensive side, we’ve been in every game. We’re excited about C-USA play. We’re focused on ULM tonight.

Coach Nate Johnson from Central Washington

Former ties to Stephen F Austin

Was seen this morning running sprints and very excited for the opportunity.

Lots of new faces in the room. Team looks totally different than last year.

OTA’s start in the morning. Lining up Team offense and defense.

It’s here guys. New season new look

Louisiana Tech will host Northwestern in a 3-game series at the Love Shack this weekend.

Friday - 6 PM
Saturday - 2 PM
Sunday - 12 PM

All 3 games will be on CUSA.tv.

Northwestern is 0-6 and has been outscored 75-22 in those 6 games.

They were better last weekend, only allowing 19 runs in 3 games.

They are down to a HC & a volunteer coach after two assistants quit after last weekend.

I know, Tech should be able to do play their JV and beat them 87-2. But after the coaching change this past week, I bet they come out with their hair on fire tonight for sure.

Our guys can’t be overlooking them at all.

Full preview by @cwardell03 coming mid-morning. Let’s go!!!!

Here is the full list of Tech's transfer portal activity:

Committed to the Tech Program:

QB Hank Bachmeier - Boise State

RB Tyre Shelton - Miami (OH)
RB Craig “Sqwirl” Williams - Baylor

WR DeColdest Crawford - Nebraska

TE Ryan Rivera - Cal Poly

OL Mykel Janise - Wyoming

DE Jayden Gray - Iowa State
DE Ezekiel Campbell - Lenoir-Rhyne

LB Brevin Randle - SFA
LB Zach Zimos - Arkansas
LB Jeslord Boateng - Akron
LB Kolbe Fields - South Carolina/LSU

CB Keon Markham - Arizona State


S Myles Heard - SFA
S Zion Hopes - Tulsa
S/Nickel DeMarcus Griffin-Taylor - Houston
S Isaiah Mcelvane - San Diego State
S Roderick Roberson Jr - SMU
S Kejuan Markham - Arizona State

*P David Dunlop - Minnesota

*DS Gabe Pugh - Alabama

If I missed anyone, please let me know.

Left the Tech Program:

LB Tyler Grubbs - Tulane
WR Tre Harris - Ole Miss
DS Griffin Armstrong - Virginia Tech
QB Landry Lyddy - UAB
TE Ivan Thomas
S Christian Archangel
DE Kershawn Fisher - Nicholls State
LB Kalen Villanueva
S Khiry Morrison
DE Joe Mason - Nicholls State
DT Queden Ballew
RB Keyon Henry-Brooks
RB Harlan Dixon - Southeastern (La)
DT Omar Sims - West Georgia
S Taz Marshall
LB Allen Walker - Jackson State
P Austin McCready - Alabama A&M
CB RJ Johnson
OL Joe Ta’ase

If I missed anyone, please let me know.

@cwardell03 w/ the coverage:

Lane Burroughs:

- Northwestern was the best winless team that I’ve seen. It was a good sweep, we needed it. Extremely proud of our hitters for being relentless. We’ve played 12 games and it has seemed like 30. We have a big series then the league play starts.

- Arkansas has lost two of its main bullets in the bullpen. They have had some bumps and bruises, but they’re still Arkansas. One of the best teams year in and year out in the country. One of the best venues in the country with a rabid fanbase. I know they’ve lost some guys but they still have tremendous players. So much respect for Coach Van Horn. He’s been willing to play us at our place as well.

- Reed Smith’s finger was swollen but by the end of the game, his finger was back at its normal size. Everything looks good, he’ll be on pace to start on Sunday. Expecting the same weekend rotation for Arkansas.

- Walker Burchfield: went to college with his dad, always been a great hitter, very hard worker. No one takes batting practice like Walker. He loves to compete and the success that he’s having is due to his hard work. He’s getting what he deserves, has tremendous power, and knows how to drive gaps. We have 3-4 guys like him fighting for the DH spot, rolling with the hot hand a lot. I don’t like messing with their minds moving them around in batting order when they get hot like he is.

- Greg Martinez: start of the season has been disappointing. Not disappointed in Greg, just the results. Coach Fouts has done a lot of video work to help Martinez. We are trying to get his arm slot back to where it was last season. We can’t have Martinez not being a factor. Whatever we have to do, it’s our job. He’s giving up a lot of hard contact, he’s too good to do that. We’ll get it fixed.

@cwardell03 w/ the coverage:

Brooke Stoehr:

- We talked about going into this home stretch finishing well, added production on the boards and experience on the perimeter has been a big factor of the recent success.

- Preached about finishing well through quarters, games and roadtrips.

- A UTEP hurt us on the offensive glass and the interior, pounded us inside and allowed turnovers that became transition points.

- Have to keep UTEP off the glass to beat them in the C-USA tournament.

- Gabbie Green has been really good last couple of weeks. Robin Lee is really stepping up. Lotte has seen her minutes increase since Amaya went out. It takes a player or two that’s not normally in the limelight to step up in tourney play.

- It’s survive and advance, we’ll be ready for UTEP on Thursday.

@Harris Downer takes a look back at the sweep over Northwestern:

I want all of these to have their own thread:

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@cwardell03 w/ the recap of a good weekend for the Diamond Dogs:

Regular season finale is tonight for the Dunkin’ Dogs.

Tip-off is at 6 PM at ESPN+.

FAU is a 10.5-point favorite.

On 02/22/23, College Football News posted their football attendance rankings by conferences, including its schools, in a five-year program analysis.

I. Rankings by conferences (average attendance rankings reflected)

1 - SEC (76,589)
2 - Big Ten (66,062)
3 - Big 12 (53,699)
4 - ACC (47,662)
5 - PAC 12 (44,108)
6 - Independents (34,436)
7 - AAC (23,740)
8 - Mountain West (22,496)
9 - Sun Belt (19,836)
10 - CUSA (15,625)
11 - MAC (14,207)

II. Rankings by CUSA schools (average attendance rankings reflected)

1 - Liberty (20,954)
2 - UTEP (19,134)
3 - Jacksonville St. (18,161)
4 - WKU (15,440)
5 - LTU (15,082)
6 - New Mexico St. (14,993)
7 - FIU (14,888)
8 - MTSU (14,364)
9 - Sam Houston (7,611)

III. American Athletic Conference (average attendance rankings reflected)

1 - ECU (41,372)
2 - Navy (30,973)
3 - USF (29,650)
4 - UTSA (28,917)
5 - Memphis 26,196)
6 - SMU (24,971)
7 - UAB (23,058)
8 - Tulane (21,581)
9 - FAU (20,679)
10 - UNT (19,025)
11 - Rice (19,011)
12 - Tulsa (18,745)
13 - Temple (17,277)
14 - Charlotte (10,907)

IV. Sun Belt (Chose not to post; no need for these schools to boast)

11:30 AM on Thursday against UTEP:

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Dunkin' Dogs (13-16, 6-12):

3.2 - vs FIU -- 6 PM tip-off on ESPN+

3.4 - vs FAU -- 6 PM tip-off on ESPN+

Lady Techsters (17-11, 10-8)

3.2 - @ FIU -- 6 PM tip-off on ESPN+

3.4 - @ FAU -- 1 PM tip-off on CUSA.tv

Techsters are currently in 5th place in the C-USA standings. They are two games clear of 6th place UNT.

Final home stand of the season starts up tonight for the Dunkin’ Dogs.

6 PM tip-off on ESPN+.

Tech is a 5.5-point favorite.

Tech projected 3rd in C-USA:

Diamond Dogs (4-3):

2.28 - @ #4 Ole Miss -- 4 PM first pitch on SECN+

3.1 - @ #4 Ole Miss -- 4 PM first pitch on SECN+

3.3 - vs Northwestern -- 6 PM first pitch on CUSA.tv

3.4 - vs Northwestern -- 2 PM first pitch on CUSA.tv

3.5 - vs Northwestern -- 12 PM first pitch on CUSA.tv

Busy week.

Fun little podcast for you guys to listen to, about 30 min:

- Start to the 2023 Baseball season
- Fireworks in Oxford
- Dunkin' Dogs head to the finish line for 2022-2023 season
- Brooke Stoehr has her squad playing great basketball in late March yet again

Give it a listen!